In Forest Land: Special Places in the East Texas Pineywoods

October Morning Mist on the Neches River

October morning mist rises from the Neches River at Rocky Shoals, near Rockland, in the Angelina National Forest. The waterfall is visible at times of low water, usually July through October, or anytime the water gage at the Rockland Station of the United States Geological Survey shows three feet or less. This photo made in October 2011, when the water level at Rockland was a little over two-and-a-half feet. The waterfall is almost precisely two river miles downstream from the US Highway 69 bridge. A paddling trip from the bridge to the falls, and back again, can be done at times of low water relatively easily.